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[Gaymer]

off/on/kinda topic
is any else seeing a darth vader helmet on ride side of computer screen in image?

[NovacaineX]

from gamefaqs.com

[suroot]

It's a reflection of the pen/pencil holder.

[NovacaineX]

yeah i see the darth vader mask, but it's probably just a coincidence. Pretty much a few blobs in the basic shape.

I doubt it's a reflection of the mug, it's huge on the monitor, pretty much the whole right side, and the mug is tiny. Where the monitor is sitting the mug would be even smaller in the reflection. Maybe theres a poster on the other side of the cubicle thats reflected, but it's not the mug for sure.

[nonye]

OK.........2 quick thing b4 i hit the hay............4:30am here.

If I remember correctly the link earlier to the photo b4 it was temporarily taken down was http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/ch_1900222589.jpg

after it came back up it is now http://ourcolony.net/images/challenges/ch1900222589.jpg

the only difference being the _

I also had saved the photo prior to the take down and have compared both visually for like a 1/2 hour and i see no difference.

the link that i beleive used to point to the pic is no longer working. I am 80% confident that it really did have an _ in it earlier.


The calender.....

These type of items are given out at games. They usually refer to these days as "Calender Day" or "Mitt Day" or "Free Ball Day" at the stadiums.

Perhaps the owner of this cubicle went to this "Calender Day" which is where he/she recieved it. Perhaps this is the game we need to find. The opposing team? The score? The stadium? etc.

Another litltle tidbit. I didn;t see anyone mention U.S. Cellular Field's previous name which was Comiskey Park. Don't think that would help but just more info.

and BTW suroot..........the ones you really want to be here from teamxbox are here

[suroot]

Ha, I need some sleep before class. 3:36, class early, mmmm sleep.

I'll talk to you all later. probably after class. Hopefully I can awaken rejuvenated and ready for action. Good luck all. Thanks for everything peoples. If the post switches message boards, someone remember to post a link.

[Master1n0]

has anyone else noticed that the letters "hjpqvwxz" are missing from the letter jumble? this leads me to believe that whatever were looking for has to do with it (the jumble) cause vwxz wouldnt be used in any message they had to say to us using the jumble. am i making sense?

[NovacaineX]

Nope, the image didn't have a dash in it earlier, check the link from the first post in this topic.

[EelfinnTy]

Here's the letter frequency for the white text.

l : 10
e : 10
a : 9
b : 6
r : 6
s : 5
o : 5
i : 4
f : 4
d : 4
y : 3
c : 3
t : 2
m : 2
n : 2
g : 2
k : 2
u : 1
p : 1
x : 0
z : 0
w : 0
h : 0
q : 0
j : 0
v : 0

2 letter sequences

sl => 2
ba => 2
le => 2
oi => 2
lb => 2

[Gaymer]

hm...shrink your browser down to a smaller size, if you're using mozilla it should compact the image as well, i'm looking at it at 13% and i can't help but see a symmetrical little shape in those blurred little letters. are the letters present more for their shape than their value?

[Hyperion]

I'm sorry if this has already been covered, I skipped the last 7 or so pages since I've got a bit of a headache right now (may or may not be related to this fiendish puzzle ).

I was just reading talk on the whole Obey Giant thing, and since there doesn't seem to be much talk of it on this page I'm assuming it's already been negated as not leading anywhere but I just wanted to throw in my two cents if it's alright.

It seems to me the whole Obey Giant campaign has a hell of a lot in common with the whole Ourcolony ant thing. I think what we've got here is the cubicle of someone who's working on this ARG, perhaps the mastermind behind it all. You've got the link to karen's site, the Obey Giant sticker that's fundamental idea is the same as that of the Our Colony ant and then a bunch of stuff that seems to suggest this is the cubicle of a geek. (before I rub any noses out of joint, I'm not using that in a derogatory sense).

So yah, all this seems to point to the idea that this is the cubicle of someone who has some involvement with the plotting and planning of this ARG. Does that really get us anywhere? Unfortunately, no.

I know this little ramble hasn't exactly helped send anybody on any leads, but these thoughts were floating around and I didn't wish to see them go to waste.

Wishing no ill will,

Hyperion

[NovacaineX]

What shape so you see when it's shrunk down Gaymer? I can't make anything out.

Heres the image shrunk down to 13% for anyone who wants to see what he is seeing.

EDIT: The thumbnail below is actually enlarging it slightly, to see it at exactly 13% click the image.

[Gaymer]

hm...i was hoping you could tell me, an "X" maybe...i don't know

[Gaymer]

ah! enough, where's my gameshark?

[NovacaineX]

Hmm.. biggest lead i think we have so far is this.

The wordsearch exists solely to see gamefind, that means we need to find a video game. Using the rest of the image as clues we see that this image has many retro toys in it, and has a sticker for obey giant.

The game Atari Retro Classics came out March 14th (the exact same day this ARG started) and includes art by Obey Giant.

I then searched for this game one eToys.com (also pictured in the image) and tried the product number as the answer. Unfortunatly this didn't work.

Is there anything on this trail i could be missing? Or is it just a long list of junk?